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WD40EZAZ-00ZGHB0 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 20.5% (1058th of 1072)

Based on 386 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WD40EZAZ-00ZGHB0
Poor: 15%Average: 20.5% Great: 24%

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Very poor average bench

The WDC WD40EZAZ-00ZGHB0 4TB averaged 79.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 164MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 182MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WD40EZAZ-00ZGHB0 4TB is just 8.41%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the WDC WD40EZAZ-00ZGHB0 4TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 0.81MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1.16MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 386 samples)
Rank 105820.5%
Min Avg Max
129 Read 182 213
117 Write 164 190
78.6 Mixed 104 127
108 SusWrite 162 188
34.3% 153 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.1 4K Read 3.79 9.66
8.2 4K Write 8.95 9.6
0.6 4K Mixed 0.74 0.8
11.4% 4.49 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 DQ Read 0.81 1
9.7 DQ Write 10.6 11.3
0.9 DQ Mixed 1.16 1.4
2.27% 4.18 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 186 183 186 182 MB/s
23.5% Poor
Read 182
Write 181
Mixed 109
SusWrite 184
37% 164 MB/s
4K Read 7.6
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 0.7
18% 5.97 MB/s
DQ Read 0.6
DQ Write 10.6
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 4.13 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 182 186 183 186 181 MB/s
22.6% Poor
Read 210
Write 162
Mixed 112
SusWrite 184
38% 167 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 9.5
4K Mixed 0.7
10% 4.3 MB/s
DQ Read 0.7
DQ Write 10.2
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 4.03 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 181 185 181 184 180 MB/s
20.3% Poor
Read 166
Write 182
Mixed 106
SusWrite 181
36% 159 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 8.9
4K Mixed 0.7
8% 3.8 MB/s
DQ Read 0.8
DQ Write 10.9
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 4.3 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 156 151 156 156 MB/s
19.8% Very poor
Read 199
Write 120
Mixed 114
SusWrite 154
33% 146 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 9.2
4K Mixed 0.7
8% 3.8 MB/s
DQ Read 0.8
DQ Write 10.6
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 4.2 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 158 153 158 156 MB/s
19.1% Very poor
Read 178
Write 145
Mixed 113
SusWrite 156
33% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 9.1
4K Mixed 0.8
8% 3.77 MB/s
DQ Read 0.7
DQ Write 10.9
DQ Mixed 1.4
2% 4.33 MB/s
409GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 97 94 96 95 MB/s
14.7% Very poor
Read 155
Write 116
Mixed 106
SusWrite 94.9
26% 118 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 8.4
4K Mixed 0.8
9% 3.8 MB/s
DQ Read 0.8
DQ Write 10.2
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 4.07 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 81 81 83 78 MB/s
14.6% Very poor
Read 177
Write 137
Mixed 101
SusWrite 81.7
28% 124 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 8.5
4K Mixed 0.6
8% 3.73 MB/s
DQ Read 0.7
DQ Write 10
DQ Mixed 1.2
2% 3.97 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 149 145 147 146 MB/s
14.2% Very poor
Read 79.9
Write 143
Mixed 88.8
SusWrite 146
26% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 8.3
4K Mixed 0.7
6% 3.27 MB/s
DQ Read 0.9
DQ Write 9.8
DQ Mixed 1.4
2% 4.03 MB/s
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Gaming 105%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 89%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX CODE - $279

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples995x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples94x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples62x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples252x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples197x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples95x
SSD
WD40EZAZ-00ZGHB0 4TBWDCBench 21%, 386 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples59x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples32x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $1,054

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